the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman recognition? seek mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform ms. moore will ote yes on amendments en bloc number 4. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. vote yes on l amendments en bloc number 4. as the member designated by mr. 965, i rsuant to h.res. inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman recognition? seek mr. jeffries: as the member hosea ted by congressman jose [indiscernible [indiscernible] -- jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution that mr.form the house serrano will vote yes on the mendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? tocktock as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that representative lowey will vote yea on the amendments en bloc, umber 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. tlaib of michigan, pursuant i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote yea. as the member designated by ms. kaptur pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that miskaptur will vote aye on the amendments en bloc 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will votea. as the member designated by mr. ican, pursuant to h.res. 965,

inform the house that mr. pocan will vote aye on the amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye on the amendments en bloc number 4 the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yea on amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. frankel

pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. frank ell will vote yes on en bloc amendments number . as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes. as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 4. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee recognition? mr. cooper: as the member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote yes on amendments en bloc umber 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard pursuant to house resolution 965, misroybal-allard votes yes on amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. fudge: as the member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to h.res. 965, mr. richmond will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. bishop of georgia, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. bishop will vote yes on

amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mismucarsel-powell, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house willmismue car sell powell vote yes. as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. hastings will vote yea. as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. pape will vote yea yea on the amendments en bloc number

4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: as the member hayes, d by ms. pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. hayes will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the amendments n bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from california seek recognition? mr. takano: as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by h.res. e, pursuant to 965, i inform the house that ms. speier votes yes on amendments en bloc number 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? gompgomp as the member designated by mr. welch of government, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. welch will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. neal: as the member designated by by the honorable james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i would like to form the

house that mr. langevin will vote yes on amendment en bloc by mr. levin.nted

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote yes on the amendments en bloc 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 4.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. congress member napolitano will vote yes on amendment en bloc number 4.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 273, the nays are 132. the amendments en bloc are adopted. without objection, the motion to

reconsider is laid upon the table. the previous question is ordered n the bill the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. third reading. the clerk: a bill to establish an energy storage and technical rant assistance program. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> mr. speaker, i am opposed in its current form. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. lucas of oklahoma moves to recommit the bill h.r. 4447 to the committee on energy

and commerce -- mr. lucas: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. members. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for five minutes in support of his motion. mr. lucas: my motion will ensure that none of the $135 billion in taxpayer funds authorized in h.r. 4447 will be used to build up foreign countries' intellectual property and technology at the expense of our own. specifically in order to receive federal grants, loansing, or demonstration money through h.r. 4447, organizations must certify that the results of that funding, whether technology, intellectual property, or data, will not become the property of a foreign state-owned enterprise. mr. speaker, china has made it an explicit goal to sur pass the united states as the global

frontrunner in science and technology. the chinese communist party's made in 2025 initiative outlines a clear strategy to get ahead of nuss critical technologies and industry of the future. part of the c.c.p. strategy is acquiring u.s. technology and intellectual property whether through investment, coercion or theft. now let me repeat that through investment, coercion, or yes, even theft. this is a hypothetical situation. already china has recruited u.s. funded researchers for things like the 1,000 talents program. this is much more than a simple recruitment program or an exchange of knowledge. researchers joining the talents program sign legally binding contract that require them to transfer information and property to china. we've seen a consistent pattern

where china expresses interest in a specific technology and the u.s. experiences intellectual property theft in that same technology. the whole scope of the c.c.p.'s influence and presence in the u.s. is not entirely known to the public. but f.b.i. director christopher wray said the bureau is open a new china-related counterintelligence case about every 10 hours. simply put, we're spending the time, the money, and the effort to plant the seeds of new technologies. but china is the one harr vethsing the crop. we cannot afford to spend $135 billion in taxpayer funds on technologies that china will then steal and use to compete against us. we must protect our nation's research and intellectual property. the trump administration has taken good steps toward protecting american i.p. from chinese aggression but we must do more to work together to protect sensitive american research while maintaining the spirit of open science that has fueled literally generations of discoveries.

mr. speaker, this motion provides commonsense, practical protections for taxpayer funded research and incalculable innovations it creates. i urge my colleagues to support this motion and ensure that we are not spending billions of dollars on research that china will then use to out-compete us. i yield back. mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? >> i rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes, ms. degette. ms. degette: i thank the gentleman. i reviewed the motion to recommit and i must say to the gentleman, i certainly agree, we certainly agree with the concept that the gentleman from oklahoma says is in this motion to recommit but tragically, a reading of the motion shows that that is just not true.

the gentleman says that he's trying to stop foreign powers from getting control over our intellectual property. but if you look at this amendment, it basically gives ultimate power to the administration to decide who is at risk and who shall not be or shall be allowed to be certified. section a-1 here says the technologies will not be transferred if it is determined to be at risk to the secretary of energy in consultation with others. at risk for what? at risk to who? we simply don't know by reading this. and what it could do is it could exempt entities that, for example, have investments by u.s. government officials or relatives of u.s. government officials. we just don't know. what it is, it's just a power grab by the administration. we agree with the concept. we shouldn't be allowing

intellectual property to be transferred to foreign governments. but that's not what this motion to recommit does. and that's why we should all oppose the motion to recommit. and to we should of course all vote yes on the clean economy jobs and innovation act. what this bill does is it takes long overdue reforms to u.s. energy policy and authorizes major investments in the transition to a low-carbon future which we so desperately need. we saw from all of the amendments that we passed, democratic and republican amendments that we passed today, how this bill together can rereally usher in a new era for american innovation, serve as a down payment on comprehensive climate action and it can also create jobs and stimulate our economy. i would urge all of our members to take a close look at this motion to recommit and see what the real damage it could do will be.

vote no on the motion to recommit and vote yes for clean energy jobs and innovation. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good afternoon, mr. speaker. as the member designated by honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote no on the motion to recommit. mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congresswoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congresswoman lofgren will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote nay on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mrs. wilson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. wilson will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker as the member designated by mr. huffman,

pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does --

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. richmond will vote yes on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cooper: as the member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. lipinski will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. fudge: as the member designated by mr. bishop of georgia, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. bishop will vote ney on the motion to recommit -- will vote nay on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard

is voting no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. tonko: as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mrs. lowey mrs. lowey

will vote no on the motion to recommit. recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. mue car sell powell will vote nay. as as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, ursuant to h.res. 965, mr. hastings will vote no. as the member designated by mr. payne, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote nay on the motion to

recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek the gentle from new jersey seek reckniss? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson oleman the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek connecticut s

recognition? mr. courtney: as the member designated by ms. hayes, pursuant to the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. meng pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote no on the motion to recommit. as as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to h.res. 965, ms. pingree will vote know. as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition?

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the ouse ms. jayapal will vote no. as the member designated by mr. 965, ipursuant to h.res. inform the house that mr. pocan will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr.

welch of vermont, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house welch will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: mr. speaker, as the

member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform mr. kim will vote nay on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the ms. lawson nated by of florida, pursuant to house i inform the , house that mr. lawson votes nay.

- mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson votes nay.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. scanlon: as the member designated by ms. speier,

pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. speier will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. lieu will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. lowenthal will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house ms. moore will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the michigan seek m recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member esignated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 965, i ms. kapturhouse that ill vote no on the motion to recommit.

the speaker pro tempore: on this ote the yeas are 193, and the nays are 214. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed. mr. walden: madam speaker, on that -- madam speaker, i call nays.e yeas and the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 965, the yeas and ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. [captioning made possible by the

national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of epresentatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleman es from tennessee seek recognition? as the er: mr. speaker, member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good afternoon, madam speaker. as the member designated by the mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i'd like to that mr. house langevin will vote yes on final 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek

recognition? matsui: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. desauliner, pursuant to h.res. i inform the house that mr. desauliner will vote yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? as theko: madam speaker, member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the representative lowey -- will in fact vote aye on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as mrs. mber designated by bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on final passage of h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson votes yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member tlaib of by ms. michigan, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the ms. tlaib will vote no on h.r. 4447. as the member designated by kaptur of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i ms. kapturhouse that will vote aye on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleman es from connecticut seek recognition? you, madam : thank speaker. as the member designated by mrs. jahana hayes, pursuant to house i inform the , house that mrs. hayes will vote yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. scanlon: as the member designated by ms. speier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. on h.r. ll vote aye 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? as thege: madam speaker, member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. yes on h.r. vote 4447. and as the member designated by bishop of georgia, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the mr. bishop will vote yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on h.r.

4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? madam serman schultz: speaker, as the member designated by ms. mucarsel-powell, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. yes onl-powell will vote h.r. 4447. as the member designated by mr. pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. hastings will 4447.es on h.r. as the member designated by mr. payne, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the mr. payne will also vote yes on h.r. 447. -- h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman recognition?seek mr. gallego: as the member designated by representative pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote aye on 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? as theer: madam speaker, member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. will vote yes on h.r. 4447. mr. e member designated by lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. owenthal will vote yes on h.r. 4447. and as the member designated by pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. chu california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote yes h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. adams: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to house i inform the , house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member pursuantd by ms. meng, to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. meng 4447.ote no on h.r. as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h.r. 447.

-- 4447. and as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote aye on h.r. 447. -- 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the

house that mr. huffman will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the ntlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chair love again will vote yes on h.r. 4447. as the member designated by congressman serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? as mcgovern: madam speaker, the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house welch will vote yes on h.r. 4447.

for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member of gnated by ms. jayapal washington, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will vote h.r. 4447. as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to i inform lution 965, the house that mr. pocan will vote aye on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom california seek recognition? mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by napolitano, i nform the house that under resolution 965 that ms. vote yes on h.r. will vote napolitano yes on h.r. 4447.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 220, the nays are 185. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to

reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair would ask all members to rise for a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of wildfires that have recently afflicted the western united states.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment h.r. 4447, the clerk be authorized to correct punctuation, spelling and other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions of the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's payable senate concurrent resolution 45 and ask for its -- speaker ears table senate concurrent resolution 45 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: concurrent resolution providing for the use of the cat falk situated in the crypt beneath the rotunda of the capitol in connection with

services to be conducted in the supreme court building and capitol for the late ruth bader ginsburg, associate justice of the supreme court. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider s laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i know normally we'd do the colloquy with the majority leader and he and i will not be doing that this week but we do still have real concerns about those families an businesses that are struggling today. mr. scalise: through these difficult times. many of those businesses were able to get relief through the paycheck protection program, a program we all came together to get agreement on, to help millions of small businesses, other 50 million jobs were saved

by that program. we also know there's about $138 billion still remaining in that fund but the fund has expired. so we want to bring attention to things we can do together to alleviate that, to help those small businesses with that remaining money and to talk about that more i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from washington, ms. herrera beutler. ms. herrera beutler: i rise to ask unanimous consent that the committee on small business be discharged from further consideration on h.r. 3265 to extend the paycheck protection program, access for small businesses, to extend the lifeline that southwest washington businesses, over 9,500 have taken advantage of and it has saved 92,000 jobs in southwest washington, across this country. i ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speaker, as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and the manual, the

chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaders. mr. scalise: we will still push the majority to put that bill on the suspension calendar. we have in doubt it would pass overwhelmingly. we'll continue to fight for those small businesses. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i offer unanimous -- i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. >> commissioned in 1943, the u.s.s. iowa was the most powerful american warship of her thisme ship saw action in world war ii and even transported president franklin d. roosevelt. since 2012, the battleship has been berthed in my district in san pedro, california. today senator feinstein and i introduced a resolution to formally name the battleship

u.s.s. iowa museum the national museum of the service navy. this honors the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the service forces of our nation by designating this museum as a monument to their sacrifice. in decades past, the iowa defended our nation. today it educates the next generation as a museum and promotes the -- promotes veterans. given the challenges of operating a museum in the covid-19 era, i want to say thank you to the dedicated people who have kept this museum afloat, literally. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of my neighbors in alabama and florida who bore the brunt of destruction from he sally when it made landfall on september

16. we keep all those who were affected in our prayers as they rebuild. mississippi was lucky to be spared this time but tragedy comes with an importantlessson. we must be prepared. i will be the first to say that even i could have been better prepared for this storm after seeing the devastation throughout lower alabama and the panhandle. september is national natural disaster preparedness month and hurricane season is still well under way. mr. palazzo: i encourage everyone who calls the gulf and atlantic coast home to review the guidelines. from knowing your evacuation rout, to having the essentials to leave if necessary, we will be better prepared to weather it together. natural disasters are inevitable and it is our responsibility as elected officials and as individuals to prepare for them and recover responsibly. for those impacted by hurricane sally, i wish you a swift recovery. don't just build back, build forward.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i recognize for one minute and ask my comments to be unanimously adopted. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, in honor of hispanic heritage month, i want to recognize a latino leader who has been an inspiration and role model to thousands of students in my home of fresno, the san waugh key valley, and that is dr. joel castro, president of fresno state university, home of the bulldogs. mr. costa: yesterday, dr. castro was named the newest chancellor of the california university system after spending eight years at my alma mater, fresno state, with great success. he's the first native californian and first person of color to head the california

university system, the largest in the entire nation. raised in an immigrant household in hanniford, california, he is the first in his family, like so many, to graduate from college. his story is the story of the american immigrant. he serves as a mentor and inspiration to thousands of first generation college students who have followed in his footsteps. folks like members of my family. his leadership led to many accolades for fresno state in recent years as the university continues to be one of the best colleges in the country. a passionate and fierce advocate for students, his selection to lead the largest public university system in the country is a testament to his leadership and respect throughout the nation as one of the leaders in higher education. he will leave behind a legacy that was best expressed when he first came to fresno state and told the student body be bold. be bold. congratulations, joe, and mary, a real team, a bulldog team, and

always bulldog proud. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> i rise today to urge my colleagues to stand up for small businesses and workers across the country who are struggling right now so i ask the speaker for the chance to address the house for one minute about this. -- about this issue. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. herrera beutler: tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. sharp i to seize ing a rule control from the democrats in house to revive the paycheck protection program. every one of us has herd from stores and restaurants on the brick of cle sure. many will not make it through october without more p.p.p. funds. i know majority leadership is feeling tremendous pressure. how? because they canceled votes tomorrow morning. i guess allowing my more

seasoned democratic colleagues to be on the floor while we file this petition jeopardizes leadership's political posture. enough posturing and enough treating the fate of small businesses like a chess game. i strongly urge all of my colleagues to sign my discharge petition in the morning and rescue small businesses. be brave. now is the time to act. hank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: mr. speaker, yesterday a kentucky grand jury indicted one, mind you, just one, of the three officers involved in the tragic shooting of breonna taylor. rather than being held accountable for this murder of an unarmed young black woman, the indicted officer instead

received a slap on the wrist while the other responseable remain free. mr. speaker, this shows again how our broken, racist criminal justice system cares more about damaged property than black lives. if this court were concerned about endangering others, how can they ignore the life that was taken in plain sight? 401 years of white supremacy and oppression have rotted our criminal justice system. if there's any doubt that systemic racism exists, look that decision. the senate must take up the george floyd justice in policing act which would finally put an end to no-knock warrants. breonna taylor deserves better than. this her family deserves better than this. we cannot give up until there's true justice. we deserve a justice system that recognizes that black lives matter. say her name. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to

address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. withoutker pro tempore: objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. to recognize sweet breyer college for being named innovative ost colleges in the world. this is the second time in three this they earned distinction in recognition of institutional d nstilling the knowledge and skills necessary to address challenges facing our communities. its breyer utilizes prawling 2,800 acre campus, including the 20,000 square foot laboratory.or a further, not only is sweet reyer home to one of our country's oldest programs, it's one of two women's colleges in united states with an engineering program. to hear me no surprise they were once again honored for their innovation.

cline: they have shown the incredible academic offer the es they people across the sixth district. mr. speaker, i yield back. for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. withoutker pro tempore: objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. r. van drew: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd reich to recognize the -- i'd like to recognize the outstanding career, life, and roberto hments of clemente. puerto rico, na, roberto was a talented athlete an olympic age, hopeful in track and field. excelled in baseball at a young age and went into the hall of fame. he had 12 gold glove awards, mong his many other achievements. his off-the-field

accomplishments were also awe of.g to be in spending much of his free time on charity work or serving with the united states marine corps. his number, 21, was retired by pirates after his untimely death. accomplishments on the field and off the field deserve to retired by major league baseball. peace, mr. clemente. ay god bless you, and we all consider you our hero. speaker., mr. the speaker pro tempore: are there any other requests for one-minute speeches? for what purpose does the seek man from texas recognition? seek to provide a privileged resolution here in house.

the speaker pro tempore: the notice of ill give his resolution. sorry.mert: i'm the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will give notice of his resolution. thank you, mr. speaker. 1148, raising a question of the privilege of the house of he representatives. mr. gohmert, himself, mr. biggs arizona, mr. hice of georgia, mr. weber of texas, mr. harris of aryland, mr. crawford arkansas, and mr. norman of the carolina submitted resolution. resolution raising a question of the privileges of the house. 2020, h.r. uly 22, 7573 was brought to the house a vote with a purpose of eliminating four specific busts from the united states capitol along with all others that include individuals

quote, served as an officer r voluntarily with the confedderate states of -- confederate states or government of the state while the state was in rebellion against the united states, unquote. failed to address the most ver-present, historical stigma in the united states capitol. hat is the source that so fervently supported, condoned, ought for slavery as left untouched without whom the evil f slavery could never have continued as it did to such xtreme that is necessary to address here in order for the to. house of representatives avo historical ation of fact for generations to come. hereas, the democratic party 1852, m of 1840, 1844,

and 1856 states, quote, that congress has no power under the with tution to interfere or control the domestic institutions of the several that such states are he sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by all onstitution, that efforts of the abolitionists or thers made to induce congress to interfere with questions of slavery are calculated to lead o the most alarming and dangerous consequences and that an such efforts have inevitable tendency to diminish he happiness of the people and endanger the stability and perm and -- the union permnancy. also, whereas, the democratic 1856 further of declares that, quote, new states, unquote, to the union

be admitted, quote, with or without domestic slavery as state may elect, unquote. democratic party platform of 1856 also resolves that, quote, we recognize the all the the people of territories to form a constitution with or without slavery, unquote. law as, the fugitive slave of 1850 penalized officials who an alleged st hundredaway slave and -- and made them liable about $100, about $28,000 in current day, they were required to arrest people of being a run-away slave on as little as a claimant's sworn testimony of ownership. the democratic party platform of directly in seeking to

states he slave act that, quote, the enactments of the state legislatures to defeat the fateful execution of the puj hostile in aw are character, subversive of the constitution, and revolutionary unquote.effect, whereas, the 14th amendment, to freedll citizenship 94% s, passed in 1868 with 0% democrat pport, support in congress, the 15th amendment giving freed slaves to vote, passed in 100% republican support and 0% democratic support in congress. whereas, democrats systematically suppressed frican-americans' rights to vote and by specific example, in the 1902 constitution of the of virginia, actually disenfranchised about 90% of the

men who still voted at the beginning of the 20th century of the white f men. thereby suppressing republican voters. number of eligible african-american voters were reduced from ly bout 147,000 in 1901 to about 10,000 by 1905. the measure was supported almost exclusively by virginia democrats. 1902 s virginia's constitution was engineered by democratic , future party u.s. representative, senator, and even secretary of democrat nder president woodrow wilson who roclaimed the goal of the constitutional convention as follows. quote, ocrat exclaimed, discrimination -- that's we proposed.t this is actually what this convention was elected for.

discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action under the limits of the federal with a view to eli elimination of every -- and i say his word -- but african-american voter who can gotten rid of legally, unquote. hereas in 1912 democratic president woodrow wilson's administration began a racial u.s. ation policy for government employees and by administration civil service instituted the requirement that a photograph be submitted with each employment application. 1924, democratic national convention convened in square city at madison garden, the convention is klan bake own as the due to the overwhelming -- ku kluxf the co-2

klan. roosevelt n segregated white house staff and maintained separate dining rooms staffers.and black he also continued the white associationpondence ban on credentialing black journalists for white house outside pressure from black publications finally policy in ange in 944, the last year of his presidency. according to the american journal of public health, prior presidency, roosevelt not only banned blacks from polioing treatment at his facility in warm springs, georgia, but black staff were to live in the basement f the facility or in a segregated dormitory while white in f lived in a hotel or surrounded cottages. whereas democrat congressman chairman of, former

the rules -- the house rules the, tee, introduced quote, declaration of constitutional principles, speech on the house floor where he attacked the supreme court's 1954 on brown vs. board of ducation of topeka, kansas, which determined that segregated schools were unconstitutional. declaration urged people to utilize all, quote, lawful to avoid the, quote, chaos and confusion, nquote, which would occur if schools.gregated history.house.gov states that, quote, under smith, the rules graveyard forme a numerous civil rights initiatives in the 1950's, unquote. in 1964, the democratic 75-calendar day 1964 ster against the

civil rights act. inreas the leading democrats their opposition was a fellow member of the democratic party, robert burr from west virginia. a known recruiter for the ku klan. klan.klux jim crow laws restricted americans in ack the united states. whereas on june 18, 2020, house speaker nancy pelosi ordered the removal from the capitol port rates of four previous speakers house who served in the confederacy saying that these our aits, quote, set back nation's work to confront a -- bigotry, unquote. in the depicted portraits were democrats robert hunter, democrat howell r.orell, crat james

and democrat smith. house of that the representatives shall remove any item that names, symbolizes or political y organization or party that has thatheld a public position supported slavery or the confederacy from any area within of the capitol or any house office building and such item or symbol to the library of congress. concludes notice of the privileged resolution. yield back.ll the speaker pro tempore: under rule 9, a resolution offered from the floor by a member other leader or the ty minority leader as a question of has leges of the house immediate precedence only at a time designated by the chair two legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. that designation, the form of the resolution notice by he gentleman from texas will

appear in the record at this point. pointair will not at this determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege. hat determination will be made at the time designated for consideration of the resolution. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, and still i rise. and still i rise. in the name of liberty and justice for all. and still i rise. in the name of justice for

breonna taylor. mr. speaker, there are many questions to be answered. critical questions to be answered. in this case, there has been no entitlement, no arrest -- indictment, no arrest. there are unanswered questions. who killed breonna taylor? was the warrant properly executed? but there are some more questions that are quite critical. is the system of justice in this nation broken? or is it doing what it was designed to do? was breonna taylor's death a tragedy, as has been announced and accomplished far and wide --

published far and wide? or was her death a tragedy that was in fact a crime? and still i rise. to address the issues -- issues associated with breonna taylor's death, some of them. first, let me simply say this. breonna taylor was a young woman . she was loved by many, especially those who were very close, such as her mom, who thought that she was easy to love. she was a person who finished high school and attended colonel -- college. we have heard none of the things that one might hear in cases such as these because it is usually immediately published

the things about the person that are newsworthy with reference to their character. her character has not been displayed in a negative way. so i rise today because breonna taylor was a 26-year-old african-american woman. breonna taylor was an innocent person in her home. at the midnight hour. she was unarmed. she committed no crime. breonna taylor was doing what most people in this country do t the midnight hour. yet breonna taylor is no longer with us. and the question that i posed

earlier and i pose now is this. breonna taylor was a black woman. but the question is, if breonna taylor were a 26-year-old innocent, unarmed white woman who was killed in the middle of the night when black police officers intruded into her home, would her death be a simple tragedy? would it be a crime to be prosecuted? to answer this question, i think we have to examine the color of crime. the color of crime dates back to the arrival of africans in the americas. at one time, when africans were first brought to this country,

they were slaves. and as slaves, the white masters in the right to hold them bondage. but the slaves committed a crime if the slaves sought freedom. to seek freedom, to seek the liberty and the justice that we hold so near and dear was a crime for the slave. the slave was black. that crime was relegated to the black slaves. slavery was a crime that had color associated with it. let us move forward. after slavery was abolished, with the 13th amendment, the emancipation proclamation was a great document, but it was the 13th amendment that freed the

slaves. and after the 13th amendment was passed, the slaves were left to deprivation. they were left without the necessities of live. they were dependent on the very people that enslaved them. and as such, being dependent on the very people that enslaved them, they had few choices when it came to employment. but ploig them was not enough for the -- but employing them was not enough for the slave masters. they used the color of crime to keep them in bondage. they employed the use of black codes. they made it a crime to be a vagrant, to have no job was a crime. the people who enslaved them were the people who denied them jobs and the people who passed

laws that made it possible for them to be arrested for not having a job. this was a black code, the color of crime was black. the black codes also saw something else come into being, something that texas has had some dealings with as of late. convict leasing. a person who was caught and accused of a minor crime, they had something called pig laws. steal a pig, some minor crime, would be punished, found guilty and punished and required to be leased to another person. just another form of bondage. just another form of slavery. in houston we had 95 such persons found near a school in sugar land, texas.

the sugar land 95. they were persons who were slaves by another name. they were leased. there is a clore color associated with crime -- there is a color associated with crime. and we move forward, if we may, to today. we find that we have this question before us. if breonna taylor were a white woman, would she be alive today, or would the persons who perpetrated this crime against her be punished? would then held accountable? i ask you, if in your mind you conclude that a white woman under the same circumstances, with three black officers associated with her demise, would there be more than a tragedy, would it be a crime? and if in your mind you say yes,

then you understand now some of what the color of crime is all about. because we are looking at two people, same facts. the th a darker hue than other -- -- than the other. there are a good many of people, and i am one of them, who believe that the color had too much to do with her demise and lack the account -- had much to do with her demise and lack of accountability. her color was something that does not receive the same level a espect that persons of lighter skin tone receive. they had no gun. she didn't fire on the officers. she was in her home. yet the officers fired and the . llets hit her multiple times in this society, the lack of the

same respect for people of color as for -- as is given people who are of a lighter tone is evident. it's evident in the financial services industry. it's evident in banking. persons who of -- who are of african ancestry, who are more qualified than persons who are, what we refer to of white in this country, of european ancestry, they can apply for loans, black people, more qualified will get less in a loan. or have a higher interest rate. it has been documented. there is a color associated with the lending in this country. and this color allows people to steal the future of black people. their futures are dependent on

what we call boot straps. boot straps are loans. people buy homes with loans. people go into businesses with loans. black people are diagnose denied loans to a greater extent -- are being denied loans to a greater extent than white people who are less qualified for the loans that they eventually get. so the color of crime is in the financial services industry. but the color of crime is also in policing. not all police officers are bad. i absolutely deplor what happened to the police officers in kentucky recently who were shot. the people who committed these crimes, if there were multiple people, they should be arrested, they should be prosecuted. and there's a good likelihood that they will be arrested and prosecuted. and there's a good likelihood that their arrests will take place rather quickly. and the prosecution will proceed with deliberate speed.

it's a good likelihood that if you hurt a police officer, you're going to receive swift justice. ut in policing, the color of one's skin has consistently demonstrated that there is a different standard of behavior that emanates from some police officers. not all. but because some do it, and not all are involved in this, we cannot allow ourselves to say that all police officers are bad. i don't agree with this. but i also think that we cannot be put in a position such that we can't talk about the police officers who are bad, because somehow people will conclude you're talking about those who are good. i'm not. i want to talk about the officers who do dastardly deeds under the color of law.

and these officers understand, many of them that do these things, without having been told in the academy, without having to discuss it among themselves, they understand that black people in this society do not get the same level of respect as white people. and as a result of not getting the same level of respect, as a result of not having the same consequences accorded people who hurt black people, as those who would hurt a white person, it is understood within the psyche that white officers, black officers, regardless of their color, they can do things to black people and escape the level of punishment that they would get if they performed these same insidious acts on white people.

if officers were properly punished, george floyd would still be alive. if officers were properly punished, i believe that breonna taylor would be alive. and if by chance she had lost her life as she had, if they were properly punished, there would be something more to be accorded in this case other than a simple indication that it was a tragedy. it was a tragedy because she was black. it was a tragedy because she was born of a different hue, a darker hue. if she had been born a white woman in this society, the rules would be different. not the rules that have been codified. but the rules that have been

incull cated into the psyche and minds of people who happen to wear a badge and carry a gun. so let's just talk about whether the system is broken or whether t is functioning as created. the system employs the grand jury. it is said that the prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, but what is not said is this, that same prosecutor can exonerate a ham sandwich. the prosecutor can present a any dissent lawyer being present, present a case and decide which witnesses will be called, generally speaking.

and in so doing, the prosecutor frames the case. and the prosecutor leads the grand jury. and when the prosecutor wants an indictment and believes an indictment should be had, that an indictment is germly had in the case. that a woman ause who has brought me some water. allow me to lower my mask for just a moment. thank you so much. thank you ever so much. has the ability to lead a grand jury. this system has great benefit

and it also has its flaws because the prosecutors will tell you what happens within the grand jury room cannot be discussed. can't talk about it. it's secret. that's the means by which the truth doesn't always get out. so the prosecutor can use the and jury as a means of allowing a guilty person to go free by contending that the grand jury decided that the person should not be indicted. if the prosecutor can indict the ham sandwich and it's the prosecutor who can exonerate the am sandwich. i believe that we have a challenge in this country.

the challenge probably of our time are these see himinal moments in our time. the challenge is whether we are going to do something about this olor of crime and systemic racist. e we going to decry it and silo the case and move onto the next or are we going to commit ourselves to eliminate discrimination in all of its forms as it relates to anti-racism and l of the phobias or are we going to commit ourselves and the way to commit ourselves and have the public know we are

committed and to move us forward so that the color of one's skin will not determine the worth when it comes to the behavior of some people in this society as they sbrl act with you. if we're going to do this, then we have to have a reconciliation. we have not reconciled in this country. we have not reconciled. we have not settled the differences that were created as a result of people being held in human bondage. we haven't reconciled and haven't made it such that those persons who were enslaved can now have equal opportunities within this society if equal opportunity is something i strive for, but it doesn't exist for people of color. doesn't exist for some other

people as well, not just people of color. one of the things that we learned in my committee was that they are nity discriminated against. man who is married to another man, they are discriminated. this has to be eliminated. and to commit ourselves to eliminate is a department, a department of reconciliation, a department with a secretary of reconciliation, a secretary of reconciliation who reports directly to the president of the united states of america. we can do this. the question is do we have the will to do it? a department of reconciliation with a budget, a budget that will allow persons to become a

part of this department as under secretary. this department can take up the issue of reparations. and can take up the commission of a truth commission and gather the truth of what has happened to african-americans in the united states of america. we need a department of reconciliation. and this challenges is something who is pplicable to part of the your party. will we move forward with a department of reconciliation? doesn't matter which candidate we are talking about. every candidate ought to be held responsible for answering the question, will you agree to a department of reconciliation?

every candidate, doesn't matter which -- whether you are liberal or conservative, the question is will you agree to a department of reconciliation? and i say to you the candidate who says this is going to find there are many people who are bestowed ve favor upon this candidate such that the capped will benefit greatly in november. but there must be reconciliation and the best way is through a department of reconciliation. now to the family of mistaylor. i assure you. i never met you, but i will unnoticed.r death go this house of representatives is going to have a call to attention on multiple occasions.

we cannot tolerate this kind of behavior. if we tolerate it, we perpetrate. i plan to go to kentucky. i want to see what happened in this place where she resided. i want to see the facility. this is important. we cannot allow her name to be a momentary announcement and then go onto the next thing that causes a great deal of shame. we can't do it. and to these officers that were shot and their families, i want you to know that i stand against people who shoot priffers simply because of who they are, who commit crimes against police officers, innocent police officers. they deserve the same level of respect that other citizens deserve. officers not ought to be

assaulted simply because they are members of a police force. i absolutely oppose it and i absolutely support peaceful protests, not the protestors who believe they have to destroy things. you can be disrupted without being destructive. peaceful protests is without being destructive. john lewis went to jail for peaceful protests. i have been jailed for peaceful protests. i want the families of the peaceful officers, i want you to know i want justice for those who have hurt these officers and officers, i want you to know this as well. my uncle was a deputy sheriff. and i'mtand a lot about

a lawyer and i appreciate law enforcement. what i don't appreciate is what happened to breonna taylor or a system that allows a prosecutor to lay the blame for a lacks of justice at the feet, at the hands of a grand jury. the grand jury system has got to be re-evaluated. this notion that it's secrettive and never know what happened before the grand jury, there are ways to find out, i'm sure. i know there are. but in most cases, you can't or don't. the system has to be re-evaluated because the lack of transparency causes people to believe that this system is hiding system that is a part of

covering up the wrongs that are being perpetrated against black people and others as well. but we have to examine the system. doesn't mean we have to eliminate the police departments. i don't want to eliminate police departments. i would never agree to that. i believe you have to have policing in your community. so i'm for policing, but i'm for people being treated with dignity and respect at all times, even when you are in the act of performing the act of policing. on onight, i believe that march 13 of 2020 that ms. taylor lost her life, a 26-year-old black woman. i believe if she had been a 26-year-old white woman with the same circumstances, my belief is she probably would not have lost her life.

but let's assume that she would have, then i believe there would be accountability because i believe there is color associated with crime. and that people who enforce the law don't give the same level of attention to a black person who is a victim of a crime as they do to white people. not all the time, by the way. not all the time. but in critical circumstances, it happens far too often and we've got to do something about it. i'm committed to bringing this level of change. i don't know whether it will happen on my watch. but i do know this, on my watch, i will not be silent. on my watch, i will stand even if i have to stand alone because it is better to stand alone than not stand at all. we have some difficult days

ahead. dr. king reminded us of this that we are seeing the difficulties manifest themselves on a daily basis. i spoke about the color of crime. let's talk about it just one more time as it relates to voting. it is intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer that their effort -- there are efforts to suppress the votes and these efforts to suppress the votes have a greater impact on black people than they do a good many others. black people, brown people, minorities, this effort to uppress their vote is evident, self-evident. and i believe that we who hold blic trust must do something

to prevent what is about to happen to the extent that we can. i don't know that we can do what really should be done because of the tug of war between the parties, but i do know we have to try. we have to make every person's vote count in this country and give every person the opportunity to get registered to vote. there are people who are doing heir very best to circumvent and prevent the participation of minorities. this system of voting is something we cherish and have to exercise. as my dear friend john lewis said it is something you must use, and if not, you may lose this precious right to vote. we have to exercise this right to vote. let us be realistic and

acknowledge there are people doing their best to suppress the right of minorities when it comes to voting. remember, this is a country that had to pass the 13th amendment to free people who were held in bondage. this is a country that had to pass a constitutional amendment to accord people who were held in bondage this right of citizenship, and then the right to vote. the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment are important to people of color. so i say to you there is color associated with criminality in the sense that people in charge of enforcing the laws don't provide equal protection under the laws to all of the people in this country. . . i want to say to my friends who are charged with the

responsibility of enforcing the laws in houston, texas, i want to say to you, in houston, texas, there is a case that is still pending. this is the case of joshua johnson. joshua johnson lost his life under questionable circumstances . the case is still being investigated. and the lack of transparency is something that concerns me as it relates to joshua johnson. joshua johnson lived in the ninth congressional district. i happen to represent the ninth congressional district. joshua johnson killed under questionable circumstances. we have the same system in place where there's a grand jury and a prosecutor that i have great respect for, great respect for. but we still have this same system. but texas has a solution that is

different from any other state in the country. there is no other state that has the solution that we have in texas for these kinds of questionable killings. in texas, we have the opportunity to take such a case and move it through a justice involvedat has a court in it as opposed to the grand jury in the initial aspects of it, or it can be after the grand jury has given a ruling. in texas, we have the opportunity to go to a district court judge and present probable cause. and if that judge concludes that there is probable cause, that judge goes to an administrative judge. and the administrative judge can

then appoint a judge to have a court of review. to review what happened in this case. it is time for to us look at something similar to this for he national -- for our nation. i believe that a court of inquiry, which is what it's called in texas, it reviews evidence, but a court of inquiry can make a difference on the national level. and as a result, i plan to introduce legislation for us to have courts of inquiry at the national level so that we don't have to depend on prosecutors and grand juries. a court of inquiry in texas allows any citizen who knows that a crime has been committed to present this evidence to a

district court judge. i believe a similar circumstance, maybe not the same, ought to exist for people when it comes to federal crimes. so i will introduce legislation calling for courts of inquiry across the length and breadth of this country so that we may have transparency in this process. i will not seek to eliminate the grand juries, but i will seek to give an alternative for citizens who are concerned about transparency when there are questionable circumstances. when you don't have body cameras. when you have persons who have -- who are committing no crimes, yet find themselves losing their lives at the hands of the con stablary. i hope -- constabulary. i hope to have this legislation ready for this congress, but if not, it will definitely be introduced for the next

congress. we need courts of inquiry or something similar to what we have in texas. i love my country. it means something to me to say that i'm a part of this great country. i love it. and i do everything out of love for country and a belief that there should be liberty and justice for all, regardless of who you happen to be. regardless of your race, creed, color, national origin. i thank you for the time. i thank the leadership for giving he me the opportunity to -- giving me the opportunity to have this time on the floor, and i promise that i'm going to do as much as i can to eliminate invidious discrimination in all of its forms. with this, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman, is recognized for 60

minutes as the designee of the minority leader. the gentleman is recognized. mr. grothman: ok. well. i'll remove my mask here for the speech since we're all alone. today i would like to address the chamber with regard to something i consider good news, because there's not enough good news we talk about here. we always talk about the problems. then i will address one potential problem brought to my attention by one of my constituents, and i'm going to ask the committee on education and labor to take up that problem. the first issue in which i received good news is with regard to immigration. only 15 months ago, about 90,000 people were let in this country, largely because they asked to come here on asylum, and pending an asylum hearing, were let into the country. obviously it would be preferable

for our country if every person who is allowed in the country is appropriately vetted and we know will become a productive citizen. when we allow people in the country for other reasons, we get people here who will not necessarily be an asset to america, and will ultimately perhaps ruin america. this has been done by three things. first of all, we have reached an agreement with mexico whereby the mexican government is holding people who in the past were allowed into the united states and told to show up for a court hearing at some future date. maybe years down the road. obviously when you let somebody in the united states and tell them to show up for a court date years down the road, you are not maintaining control of our borders. i would like to thank the trump administration and the mexican government for agreeing to hold a considerable number of people south of the border.

the second thing that was done was president trump reached agreements with countries such as guatemala, honduras and el salvador to stop the spigot of more people coming into our country even south of mexico. and of course these people came not only from other central american countries, but south america and africa as well. four times i toured the border. and found people were coming across not only from mexico but from central america, and actually people were coming from asia and africa, to brazil, to central america, to work their way north. so i would like to thank president trump and thank the governments of guatemala, honduras and el salvador for not allowing people through their country who were clearly planning on coming to the united states, other than the legal mechanisms we have available.

finally, president trump allowed our border patrol to turn people around, to deal with the covid epidemic. i know a lot of people wouldn't have liked to do that. but president trump put the united states first and now allows our border patrol to immediately turn people around. the combination of these three things means we have gone from over 90,000 people a month coming into this country, who we really haven't vetted, and are now among people who are touched by the border patrol, under 2,000 people a month. as a matter of fact, i'm told it's under 1,000 people a month, but that's almost too good to believe. but that is good news for the american people. particularly when you consider all the people who come here are not appropriately vetted, wind up becoming a public charge perhaps, wind up involved in drug dealing perhaps. so that is your first good news

of the night. for america. the second good news, i know when president trump ran for this office he talked about, you know, reducing the number of troops abroad and keeping them out of harm's way. however, this week, showing up in a subcommittee of government oversight, to my surprise, again, these are statistics i almost can't believe, they're so good, in the last seven months, since a preliminary agreement was reached between the taliban and the afghan government and the united states, there have been no military-connected casualties in afghanistan. we have gone seven months thout a military, a combat casualty of our troops in afghanistan. despite the fact that we have ,000 or 9,000 troops -- 8,000 or 9,000 troops there. f you would have asked me if that was possible months ago, i

would not have believed it. i was not ai -- aware of it until this week and i assume the vast number of americans were not aware of it. but we should all be grateful that we have now gone seven months in a row without a military casualty in afghanistan. the third thing i'd like to address tonight is dealing with possible medical advancements at can help us deal with the covid epidemic. the covid pandemic. i sometimes feel, as i address the covid pandemic, that our government agencies are focused solely on a vaccine and are not thinking outside the box. today i talked to a couple researchers from israel who continue to be optimistic on using a drug which is traditionally -- which has traditionally been used to fight cholesterol.

well, they don't like to be nailed down, because nobody knows how many lives would be saved if we gave people in the beginning stages of the pandemic this drug, it is possible that we could reduce the number of fatalities by 30% or 40%. again, the drug is an easily form, le, in generic drug, used to treat cholesterol. there are right now better drugs, it wasn't used as it once was, but nevertheless, there are preliminary studies that are very positive and i wish our own c.d.c. or n.i.h. would get on the ball and help these researchers a little bit, because they feel they can have a definitive answer by winter. they feel that three months from now we may have something that will be a cure for something

like 30% to 40%, maybe 20%, have 30% of the people who this virus, who now die. i mean, can you imagine if we could reduce the number of fatalities by 30% by the simple expedient, not of developing an expensive vaccine, but if we could save all these lives with an easily available, generic drug used for cholesterol today? i again ask c.d.c. and n.i.h. to think outside the box and help these researchers and find out if their preliminary work is accurate and that we can save so many lives, even if a vaccine is not developed. so there's the good news. kind of good news and bad news in that one. the good news is, we're on the

cusp of a cure, the bad news is, we've got to get the american bureaucracy to think outside the box. the final thing i'm going to address is some unfortunate news. the prior speaker talked about people being treated differently , depending on who they are. it was brought to my attention two weeks ago, is of something i normally run on, -- of something i normally run on, or ran on originally, but a whom who -- a woman who had two children who went to college. her and her husband were hardworking middle class americans. like most hardworking middle class americans, when their children went to college, they had to take out loans. and both her children had loans in the $30,000 to $50,000 category. and because she did a good job of raising her children, they were hardworking, and working their way to paying off those loans, which is a good thing. but she's talked to other people and she found out other people

who perhaps weren't married, weren't working as hard, their children received grant to the government. so, in other words, we treat, if you get married and work hard, we treat your children different than people who don't get married. and of course there are wonderful parents in all sorts of families. but it just particularly after we just got done with the speech pointing out that we should treat everybody the same, i would like to ask that the education committee to hold a earing and find out, is are we penalizing children of married couples because of their parents' marital status and stuck paying student loans just because their parents are married? and they wouldn't have had to take them out if their parents had been married. i'm going to ask my good friend,

chairman of the education committee, to look into this. recently, it has been in the paper there are some powerful groups at work in the united states who are opposed to the nuclear family. so whether this is something that happened by accident or intentionally because of long standing groups that are opposed to the old-fashioned nuclear family, i would like to know and given the hearings we have had here on discrimination, it would be great to get to the bottom of this and whether my constituent is right and her children were oth penalized $30,000 to $50,000 because their parents were married. i ask to hold that hearing and i appreciate the time on the floor tonight. will ask that we adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4-b of house resolution 467, the house stands adjourned until

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